shirl2sg Loc: Northern Minnesota

I have a Nikon D300s. Ever since I got this camera, I have trouble making 11 x 14 pictures. The size I end up with is
9 1/2 x 14. (Same with 8x10 it's 7 1/2 x 10). With my old Olympus c-5060 I never had any trouble. When I look at image size on Photoshop this is what my Nikon picture reads. Pixel Dimensions: 34.9M, Dimension W 4288 x H 2848, Size: W 14.293 x H 9.493 Resolution 300 pixels/inch.

When I look at my old pictures from Olympus, they read Pixel Dimension: 14.4 Dimension: W 2592 x H 1944, Size W 36 X H 27, Resolution 72 pixels/inch. (I never changed the settings and got good 11 x 14 pictures

Can someone help me figure out how to set up my photoshop C4 to get what I want?

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Carl A Loc: Homosassa FL

I don't know if is the right answer or not. The d300
is a DX formate . Not a full frame camrea

commodore-don Loc: Cleveland, OH

I have a D2X and a D300 and a D700. Although the first two are DX-format and the latter is an FX-format, all three are roughly the same resolution, that is just a wee bit over 12 megapixels and produce images which are of 3 to 2 ratio of width to height, whereas your previous camera was very close to 5 to 4. A 14 X 11 print is very close to 5/4 and an 10 X 8 print is a perfect 5/4 ratio. Since your new camera produces 3/2 ratio (the same as 35mm film cameras did), if you want to get border to border prints you must crop the image to the ratio of the print you want.

I have been using PhotoShop since version 4. One of the first things I learned was to set up a bunch of crop settings in the crop tool. These settings have changed over the years as camera resolution has increased. I currently have settings for the following:

6X4 inches @ 715 ppi for horizontal images or prints
4X6 inches @ 715 ppi for vertical images or prints
6X4 inches @ 96 ppi for horizontal computer images
4X6 inches @ 96 ppi for vertical computer images
7X5 inches @ 613 ppi for horizontal images
5X7 inches @ 613 ppi for vertical images
19X13 inches @ 300 ppi for horizontal prints
13X19 inches @ 300 ppi for vertical prints
and, if I printed 14X11's the crop tool would be set at
14X11 inches @ 390 ppi (or even 400) for horizontal
11X14 inches @ 390 ppi for vertical prints

etc. and so on.

A simple swipe with the selected crop tool and your problem is solved. My printer prints borderless prints. If yours does not you might want to deduct 1/2 inch from all the dimensions above allowing for a 1/4 inch white border around the picture and be sure to make certain the the "centered" choice is selected in your printer driver. I hope this answers your question for you. You may send me a private message if you need to know more.

shirl2sg Loc: Northern Minnesota

Thank you, that is the most informed answer I have gotten, that explains quite a bit. I learned something new. My old Olmpus took great pictures, they always turned out sharp and clean. My Nikon D300 takes great pictures too, just have to learn where all the buttons are. Now I carry a cheat sheet in my pocket. Now back to Photoshop C4 to see if I can figure out all you wrote and how to do it. I'll let you know!! Thanks again!

shirl2sg Loc: Northern Minnesota

aphicdesign.about.com/od/photoshoptutorials/ss/tool_presets_2.htm

Here's a link that tells you how to do preset crops! I'm done, works good, thanks for all the help and a nudge in the right direction.

PS: I don't like losing 2 inches of my pictures, but I'll figure out a way to get around it.